sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

["Gunther M Roland" <rolandg AT mit.edu>]

Congratulations! That is excellent news and a great start on the path to Run 
24.

Gunther


> On Nov 21, 2023, at 7:43 PM, Yip, Kin via sPHENIX-l 
> <sphenix-l AT lists.bnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thia evening, I can cheerfully report that the long-awaited "white smoke" 
> has materialized (after preparing for two full days .... Well, we started 
> turning on normal flow for TPC gas last Thursday).
> 
> This afternoon/evening, I spent some time in 1008 room observing the TPC 
> group (Tom, Charles, Evgeny and Luke) , John H., Martin, and Dan Cacace, 
> completing the TPC test successfully.
> 
> Under Tom's and John's leadership, we have tried to do the most 
> comprehensive TPC test (using the CAEN power supply and the long bundle of 
> cables) that we can do in a very timely manner.  At the end of the test, we 
> saw tracks successfully in the two sectors (611 & 612) in the North side of 
> TPC in which we have installed the new equipment (along with other 
> sectors).  One of these two sectors was pathologically bad before the 
> repair/upgrade whereas the other sector had no defect.  
> 
> We have demanded this test to convince ourselves that the  TPC 
> repair/upgrade scheme works and so we can start to prepare for the same TPC 
> repair/upgrade for the entire TPC including both the North and South sides).
> 
> Now, we have reached this point and we will start to prepare for the South 
> tomorrow (Nov. 22), which would (at some point soon) include taking out the 
> MVTX.
>  
> 
> Kin Yip
> 
> 
> PS:
> 
> During the few hours in 1008, I also copied the "2023" files to the "2024" 
> directory and we now have the "2024 run page" : 
> https://sphenix-intra.sdcc.bnl.gov/WWW/run/2024/
> 
> Of course, I have changed only the "2023" to "2024" and the name of Run 
> Coordinator on the above page.   Everything else has to be updated ...😅
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